Australian immigrants' healthcare system
Australian clinics
Australian clinics
Australian immigrants' healthcare system
Australian immigrants' healthcare system
Australian clinics
The clinic is the most common place to see a doctor in Australia. Australians usually go to a GP for a headache or a minor health problem.
If you want to enjoy the full benefits of the healthcare system in Australia, you need to choose a GP as your regular general practitioner. This is because an Australian GP will not only help patients with small things like prescribing medication lists, but will also keep complete medical records. These detailed records are a must-have when visiting a hospital.
Clinic rates: the reference price for a family doctor GP's fee is around A$37 a visit.
Second, Australia's medical centers
Australia's medical centers are similar to outpatient clinics, such as ophthalmologists, obstetricians and gynecologists, these are specialists.
If you have a medical card, you can see a specialist for free in a public hospital on the recommendation of your GP. If you have private insurance, you can make an appointment with a specialist in a medical center, but check with your insurance company in advance to see how much you will be reimbursed.
This means that if a GP finds that a patient's condition is beyond his or her ability to cope with, after a series of tests, and based on the severity of the test report and the condition of the patient, the GP will decide to recommend that the patient goes to the relevant specialist.
Fees: Specialists are usually able to determine their own fees. Depending on the specialty and location, specialist fees can range from a hundred to several hundred dollars.
Australian hospitals
There are two types of hospitals in Australia: public and private, each accounting for half of the hospitals.
Public hospitals are free of charge, but public hospitals have limited resources and the waiting time to see a doctor is very long. In addition, public hospitals are free of charge for Australians and expatriates with medical emergencies.
After a patient enters a hospital and hangs up an emergency number, they need to wait for a nurse to come in early to ask about their symptoms and medical history, and then divide all the patients into several levels according to the urgency of their symptoms, which means that there is no relationship between the time of seeing a doctor and the order of seeing a doctor, and that prioritizing the urgent patients is the principle of seeing a patient in Australian hospitals.
Charges: If you need to be hospitalized for surgery or treatment, contact your insurance company before you are admitted to the hospital and tell them the exact plan of treatment and the hospital where you will be admitted to see if your medical expenses will be reimbursed.
In general, the first place most people go to see a doctor in Australia, if it's not an emergency, is the GP surgery or medical center. The GP will then refer the patient to a specialist clinic or hospital specialist outpatient department if deemed necessary. The specialist will then diagnose the patient's condition and offer treatment or recommend hospitalization for observation.
Expanded Reading: Australian Skilled Migration Application Requirements
1. Overseas people who meet the conditions of the Occupational List and IELTS can choose 189 Independent Skilled Migration
For overseas people who want to apply for the 189 program, they only need to be engaged in an occupation in the Occupational List and IELTS. For those who want to apply for the 189 program, they only need to be engaged in occupations on the list of occupations, such as IT engineers, architects, designers and so on. And the applicant has the ability to pass the vocational assessment, IELTS score to reach 6 points, EOI score to meet the invitation standard, the main applicant's age is not higher than 45 years old to be able to apply for 189 independent skilled migration, as long as the conditions are met, it is very easy to apply for success.
2. Overseas people who meet the conditions of the occupation list, IELTS score and get the nomination letter of one of the states in Australia can apply for 190 State Sponsored Skilled Migration (SSSM)
Unlike the 189 Independent Skilled Migration (ISM) in Australia, overseas people who want to apply for the 190 State Sponsored Skilled Migration (SSSM) in Australia can apply for 190 SSSM in Australia in addition to meeting the conditions of the occupation list, IELTS score, and obtaining the Australian State Immigration Office (ASIO). The applicant will also need to obtain a 190 nomination letter from the Australian State Immigration Department. Applicants who have received a 190 nomination letter from an Australian state can gain 5 additional points in the EOI scoring. If the applicant's EOI score is only 55 at the beginning, then the applicant will be able to reach 60 after adding 5 points, which improves the success rate of the application.
3. Overseas people who meet the conditions of the Occupational List and have been granted a 489 nomination letter from one of Australia's states can apply for 489 Remote Area Sponsored Skilled Migration
If the applicant's EOI scores do not meet the criteria for an invitation to apply or if the applicant's IELTS scores do not meet the 6-point mark, then the migrant can apply for 489 Remote Area Sponsored Skilled Migration in Australia. The 489 visa is a four-year temporary skilled migration visa, and applicants can apply for a visa after getting a 489 nomination letter from one of the Australian states, and after getting the visa, they only need to reside in the sponsored state for a total of two years, and work full-time for a total of one year before they can convert the 489 temporary skilled migration visa into a permanent residence visa and get a green card from the Australian government.
From the three main categories of Australian skilled migration, it can be seen that the applicant does not need special technical background support, as long as the occupation, scores and IELTS scores to meet the conditions will be able to apply for Australian skilled migration. The first thing you need to know is that you are not going to be able to get the job done in the same way as you would if you were in the same position as the next person.
Extended reading: social taboos for Australian immigrants
I. Taboos in daily conversations with Australians
Domestically, it is more common to see loud noises in public **** occasions, and many people don't take it seriously. But if domestic investors live in Australia, this habit needs to be corrected. Australians are very polite and pay attention to the etiquette of the public **** place, they are never loud in the public **** occasion.
In addition, Australians believe that rabbits are an unlucky animal and have very specific taboos against them. Therefore, after immigrating to Australia, immigrants should try to avoid mentioning rabbits when talking to Australians, and can talk more about sports, traveling and what they have seen in Australia.
Second, the immigrants want to know the meeting taboos
Australians are generally accustomed to meet shake hands. However, some of the more intimate women meet, each other do not shake hands but kiss each other's face. Because the Australian name is basically the first name in the front, the last name in the back. Therefore, in Australia, when addressing others, you should say your surname first, and then Miss, Mr. or Mrs. and so on. Acquaintances can call each other by their nicknames.
Australians are more casual and have a stronger sense of time. In Australia, it is taboo to be late for appointments or not to have prior contact with someone.
Third, Australian immigrants to know the taboos
In Australia, social occasions, taboo stretching, yawning and other small movements. In addition, many Australian men do not like to hold shoulders or tight hugs and other moves.
Four, Australian business etiquette taboos
Similar to many Western countries, Australia is a country that advocates and emphasizes equality. Australians do not like to instruct others in a commanding tone, nor do they like it when others speak in a commanding tone.
It's worth noting that Australians are very clear about public and private matters. For example, if you're eating with a business partner, the Australian word for "eating" is simply having a meal, which is different from the table culture that is popular among Chinese businessmen. New immigrants should not think that business will be better just because they have eaten with their business partners. In the eyes of Australians, business cooperation and friendship do not need to be built on the dinner table.
So when we handle the Australian immigrants, we should learn more about the daily etiquette taboos of the locals in Australia, which will help us get along with the locals and integrate into the local life faster.